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• U.S. suspends Syria ceasefire talks with Russia, blames Moscow
• North Korean missile advances expose Japan in two-decade arms race: sources
• Bomb kills 20 at Kurdish wedding in Syria: reports
• Putin suspends nuclear pact, raising stakes in row with Washington
• Egypt says it killed senior Muslim Brotherhood leader in shootout
• For now, U.S. tries to ignore Philippine president's broadsides
• Airstrike kills al-Qaida-linked commander in Syria
• Potentially 'catastrophic' Hurricane Matthew nears Haiti, may hit U.S
• UN peacekeeper killed, eight wounded in Mali attack
• Red Cross says female French hostage released in Yemen
• NHC says 60 percent chance of cyclone near Leeward islands
• Britain to allow troops to opt-out of human rights law
• Manchester United midfielder Herrera called into Spain squad
• Colombian government, FARC rebels scramble to save peace deal
• As woes mount for Trump, Clinton seizes offensive
• After emerging from hideouts, Colombia's rebels now in limbo
• Russia says UN measure on Aleppo truce will not work
• EPA proposes poplar, willow trees for ethanol in U.S. biofuel rule tweak
• Colombia's ex-president Uribe holds keys after peace vote defeat
• Colombia's peace deal in limbo after shock referendum
• The Latest: Jamaica lowers alert to tropical storm warning
• Kardashian robbery casts gray cloud over Paris Fashion Week
• Georgieva urges UN to remake case for global united action
• Northern Ireland court to consider whether Brexit requires parliament vote
• Colombia opens new national dialogue to end conflict with FARC
• Life without Durant begins for OKC with loss in Spain
• EU hopes Aleppo aid plan can succeed where others failed
• U.N. discusses urging end to all military flights over Syria's Aleppo
• Turkey says U.S. must ensure Kurdish militia withdraws to east of the Euphrates
• Even in a bunker under a mountain, Syrian hospital knocked out by strikes
• Suicide bombers strike in Syrian government-held Hama
• U.N. gathering rejects southern African bids to trade ivory, rhino horn
• FIFA head Infantino suggests 48-team World Cup
• US hits IS positions in Libya as air war enters third month
• Brexit vote fuelled 'anti-foreigner' feeling in Britain: report
• El Salvador officials say homicides down sharply last month
• Hurricane Matthew claims first victims as it churns up Caribbean
• Hurricane Matthew drenches Haiti and Jamaica with heavy rain

U.S. suspends Syria ceasefire talks with Russia, blames Moscow Posted: 03 Oct 2016 03:57 PM PDT By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States broke off talks with Russia on Monday on implementing a ceasefire agreement in Syria and accused Moscow of not living up to its commitments under the Sept. 9 deal to halt fighting and ensure aid reached besieged communities. The confirmation that the U.S.-Russian talks on Syria have collapsed suggests that there is little hope, if any, of a diplomatic solution emerging anytime soon to end a 5-1/2-year-old civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced 11 million. "The United States is suspending its participation in bilateral channels with Russia that were established to sustain the cessation of hostilities," U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement.

North Korean missile advances expose Japan in two-decade arms race: sources Posted: 03 Oct 2016 04:03 PM PDT By Nobuhiro Kubo and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) - Successful rocket tests have propelled North Korea ahead in a two-decade long arms race with Japan, leaving Tokyo unsure it could fend off a missile strike by the Pyongyang regime without U.S. help, military sources told Reuters. Under young leader Kim Jong Un, North Korea has test fired 21 ballistic missiles since the start of the year, an unprecedented burst of activity that has rattled its neighbors and the international community. "There is a limit to what our current ballistic missile defense system can achieve," he added, asking not to be identified because he isn't authorized to speak to the media.

Bomb kills 20 at Kurdish wedding in Syria: reports Posted: 03 Oct 2016 02:04 PM PDT The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 22 died in the blast, adding that many of the wounded were in a critical condition. Among those killed were the groom and a leading Kurdish party figure, the Observatory said. The Kurdish YPG, or People's Protection Units, said in a statement at least 20 people were killed and dozens injured, adding it was not clear whether the blast was caused by a explosive device or a suicide bomber.

Putin suspends nuclear pact, raising stakes in row with Washington Posted: 03 Oct 2016 11:18 AM PDT By Dmitry Solovyov and Christian Lowe MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday suspended a treaty with Washington on cleaning up weapons-grade plutonium, signaling he is willing to use nuclear disarmament as a new bargaining chip in disputes with the United States over Ukraine and Syria. Starting in the last years of the Cold War, Russia and the United States signed a series of accords to reduce the size of their nuclear arsenals, agreements that have so far survived intact despite a souring of U.S.-Russian relations under Putin.

Egypt says it killed senior Muslim Brotherhood leader in shootout Posted: 03 Oct 2016 05:19 PM PDT Egypt's Interior Ministry said early on Tuesday that it killed a senior Muslim Brotherhood leader it said was responsible for the group's "armed wing" and another member of the group in a shootout on Monday. Mohamed Kamal, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood's top leadership, had disappeared on Monday afternoon, the group said on its telegram account. The Brotherhood maintains that it is a peaceful organization.

For now, U.S. tries to ignore Philippine president's broadsides Posted: 03 Oct 2016 05:28 PM PDT By Idrees Ali and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials are doing their best to ignore Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's hostile rhetoric and taking comfort in the fact that he has yet to translate his words into less military cooperation. The United States is trying not to give the new Philippine president, who recently appeared to liken himself to Hitler, a pretext for further outbursts while at the same time pressing ahead with military and other cooperation at lower levels, U.S. officials said on Monday. Two U.S. officials said that while an open break with Manila would create problems in a region where China has grown increasingly aggressive, there are no serious discussions about taking punitive steps such as cutting aid to the Philippines.

Airstrike kills al-Qaida-linked commander in Syria Posted: 03 Oct 2016 05:47 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A senior commander in Syria's rebranded al-Qaida affiliate, who was close to the global network's top leader Ayman al-Zawahri, has been killed in an airstrike, the group said Monday.

Potentially 'catastrophic' Hurricane Matthew nears Haiti, may hit U.S Posted: 03 Oct 2016 05:30 PM PDT By Makini Brice LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) - Hurricane Matthew bore down on Haiti on Monday, where towns and villages braced for "catastrophic" floods and mudslides that forecasters fear will be triggered by 140 mile-per-hour (220 kph) winds and up to 3 feet of rain over its denuded hills. Winds and rain began picking up in the southwest of the Caribbean country, but the center of Matthew, a violent Category 4 storm, is not due until late on Monday night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. It is now forecast to reach the Bahamas on Tuesday and possibly reach Florida by Thursday as a major hurricane, though weaker than at present, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

UN peacekeeper killed, eight wounded in Mali attack Posted: 03 Oct 2016 05:05 PM PDT A UN peacekeeper was killed and eight others injured on Monday in an attack on their camp in northeastern Mali near the Algerian border, the United Nations said. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the four coordinated assaults targeting the UN mission known as MINUSMA and said that attacks on peacekeepers are war crimes. A peacekeeper from Chad was killed in the attacks at the Aguelhok camp in the region of Kidal, said a statement from Ban's spokesman.

Red Cross says female French hostage released in Yemen Posted: 03 Oct 2016 05:00 PM PDT SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A French-Tunisian woman working for the Red Cross has been released after nearly a year in captivity in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross said late Monday.

NHC says 60 percent chance of cyclone near Leeward islands Posted: 03 Oct 2016 04:57 PM PDT (Reuters) - A broad area of low pressure located about 430 miles (692 km) north-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands has a 60 percent chance of strengthening into a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday. Further development of this system is possible during the next couple of days before upper-level winds become unfavorable for development, the Miami-based weather forecaster said. (Reporting by Nithin Prasad in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Britain to allow troops to opt-out of human rights law Posted: 03 Oct 2016 04:46 PM PDT Britain on Tuesday announced plans to allow its soldiers to opt out of European human rights law, in a move Prime Minister Theresa May said would end "the industry of vexatious claims" against troops. Under the new proposal the British government said it would allow soldiers to sidestep the European Convention on Human Rights during times of conflict, depending on an assessment of the circumstances. The plan, announced during the ruling Conservative Party's annual conference, is intended to prevent legal claims against members of the armed forces which Defence Minister Michael Fallon said amounted to "false charges".

Manchester United midfielder Herrera called into Spain squad Posted: 03 Oct 2016 04:44 PM PDT MADRID (AP) — Spain coach Julen Lopetegui is adding Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera to his squad for World Cup qualifiers against Italy and Albania.

Colombian government, FARC rebels scramble to save peace deal Posted: 03 Oct 2016 04:43 PM PDT Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos opened a new national dialogue Monday to seek peace with FARC rebels as both sides scrambled to revive a peace deal to end the half-century conflict. Monday's announcement came after Santos -- who has staked his legacy on ending the 52-year-old conflict -- called an emergency meeting with leaders of the country's political parties to try to chart a way forward after Sunday's shock referendum defeat. The leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Rodrigo Londono, meanwhile said in a video from Havana -- where the peace talks were held -- that the Marxist guerrillas, like the government, remained committed to an ongoing ceasefire.

As woes mount for Trump, Clinton seizes offensive Posted: 03 Oct 2016 04:39 PM PDT Donald Trump's presidential hopes suffered a punishing new setback Monday as authorities clamped down on his charitable foundation, while Hillary Clinton seized the offensive to brand the Republican an unscrupulous businessman. With just five weeks to go before the November 8 election, the billionaire Trump is struggling to regain his footing against a surging Clinton and climb out of one of the darkest periods of his White House campaign. Already weakened by damaging revelations about his taxes, Trump was hit with an order by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman that the Donald J. Trump foundation must "cease and desist from soliciting contributions" in New York.

After emerging from hideouts, Colombia's rebels now in limbo Posted: 03 Oct 2016 04:38 PM PDT BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — As peace talks in Colombia advanced over the past year, 7,000 rebel fighters began slowly emerging from their jungle hideouts hoping for, if not a hero's welcome, at least an outstretched hand from fellow Colombians tired of a half century of bloody combat.

Russia says UN measure on Aleppo truce will not work Posted: 03 Oct 2016 04:22 PM PDT Russia on Monday dismissed a French-drafted UN resolution aimed at imposing a ceasefire in Aleppo as having "no chance of working," insisting the priority should be fighting jihadists in Syria. The UN Security Council was holding negotiations over the draft text that calls for ending all military flights over Aleppo, allowing humanitarian aid to be delivered and setting up a monitoring mechanism for the ceasefire. Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told a news conference that some council members were unenthusiastic about the proposed resolution presented late Sunday.

EPA proposes poplar, willow trees for ethanol in U.S. biofuel rule tweak Posted: 03 Oct 2016 04:20 PM PDT By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed tweaks to its Renewable Fuel Standard that would allow biofuels to be processed at more than one location and would allow cellulosic ethanol to be made from poplar and willow trees. EPA also proposed new quality standards and environmental performance guidelines for biofuel blends containing 16 to 83 percent ethanol, and the agency is taking comments on the proposal for the next 60 days before it is approved. The Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS, was enacted in 2007 and designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions and boost use of advanced fuels such as cellulosic ethanol.

Colombia's ex-president Uribe holds keys after peace vote defeat Posted: 03 Oct 2016 04:19 PM PDT Since stepping down as president six years ago, Alvaro Uribe has relentlessly condemned the policies of his handpicked successor-turned-foe and chiseled away at support for his biggest goal: ending the war with Marxist rebels. On Sunday, the hardline senator scored his biggest victory yet against President Juan Manuel Santos, turning what seemed like certain victory for a peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, into a massive blow to the government. Colombians' narrow rejection of the peace accord in a referendum shocked the world.

Colombia's peace deal in limbo after shock referendum Posted: 03 Oct 2016 04:19 PM PDT By Helen Murphy and Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government and Marxist guerrillas scrambled on Monday to revive a plan to end their 52-year war after voters rejected the hard-negotiated deal as too lenient on the rebels in a shock referendum result that plunged the nation into uncertainty. Any renegotiated peace accord now seems to depend on whether the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) could accept tougher sanctions against them. Both President Juan Manuel Santos and Rodrigo Londono, the top FARC commander better known by his nom de guerre Timochenko, put a brave face on the referendum setback after four years of negotiations in Havana between their teams.

The Latest: Jamaica lowers alert to tropical storm warning Posted: 03 Oct 2016 04:15 PM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The latest on Hurricane Matthew (all times local):

Kardashian robbery casts gray cloud over Paris Fashion Week Posted: 03 Oct 2016 04:11 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — The ordeal of Kim Kardashian West — who was left tied up after a $10 million jewel heist in her private Paris residence — dominated talk among editors at Fashion Week. It cast a gray cloud over collections that otherwise were meant to exude joy and creativity.

Georgieva urges UN to remake case for global united action Posted: 03 Oct 2016 04:08 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Kristalina Georgieva, a latecomer to the race to be the next secretary-general, told the General Assembly on Monday that it is time for the United Nations to remake the case for nations to work together to address the many global challenges and that she is uniquely qualified to do that.

Northern Ireland court to consider whether Brexit requires parliament vote Posted: 03 Oct 2016 04:06 PM PDT Northern Ireland's High Court is to begin hearing a legal challenge on Tuesday against British plans to leave the European Union without a vote in the Westminster parliament. The case is being brought by a cross-party group of politicians, including members of the province's two largest Irish nationalist parties, who argue a vote in the Northern Ireland regional assembly should also be required. The British government has said its legal advice is that triggering Article 50 of the EU Lisbon Treaty, the formal process to start a two-year countdown to an exit, can be invoked under the royal prerogative, which does not require parliamentary approval.

Colombia opens new national dialogue to end conflict with FARC Posted: 03 Oct 2016 04:06 PM PDT Bogota (AFP) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos opened a new national dialogue Monday to seek peace with FARC rebels after voters narrowly rejected a deal to end the country's half-century conflict.

Life without Durant begins for OKC with loss in Spain Posted: 03 Oct 2016 03:59 PM PDT MADRID (AP) — Life without Kevin Durant began for the Oklahoma City Thunder with a 142-137 overtime loss to Real Madrid in its first preseason game in Spain on Monday.

EU hopes Aleppo aid plan can succeed where others failed Posted: 03 Oct 2016 03:57 PM PDT By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union hopes its new push to bring humanitarian aid to besieged, rebel-held eastern Aleppo might succeed where previous efforts have failed because the bloc has little military stake in the war, officials said. The EU said on Sunday it had basic aid ready in the government-held part of Aleppo and was ready to send it across the conflict line, as well as carry out medical evacuations. Russia, which has given heavy military support to the Syrian government, and the United States, which backs some rebel groups, have repeatedly failed to broker a lasting truce.

U.N. discusses urging end to all military flights over Syria's Aleppo Posted: 03 Oct 2016 03:57 PM PDT By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council will begin negotiations on Monday on a draft resolution that urges Russia and the United States to ensure an immediate truce in Syria's Aleppo and to "put an end to all military flights over the city." The draft text, seen by Reuters, also asks U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon to propose options for a U.N.-supervised monitoring of a truce and threatens to "take further measures" in the event of non-compliance by "any party to the Syrian domestic conflict." The 15-member council began talks on the text - drafted by France and Spain - on Monday afternoon, diplomats said. The draft resolution urges Russia and the United States "to ensure the immediate implementation of the cessation of hostilities, starting with Aleppo, and, to that effect, to put an end to all military flights over the city." Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces, backed by Russia war planes and Iranian support, have been battling to capture eastern Aleppo - the rebel-held half of Syria's largest city, where more than 250,000 civilians are trapped.

Turkey says U.S. must ensure Kurdish militia withdraws to east of the Euphrates Posted: 03 Oct 2016 03:57 PM PDT The United States must hold its promise to ensure the Kurdish YPG militia withdraws its fighters to the east of the Euphrates river, the Turkish government spokesman said on Monday, applying pressure on Washington to enforce a Turkish red line. Turkey has sent troops into northern Syria to drive out Islamic State from the border area, but also to ensure Kurdish militia fighters are not encroaching on its territory. It has said it wants the Kurdish militia, which is supported by Washington, to withdraw to the east of the Euphrates.

Even in a bunker under a mountain, Syrian hospital knocked out by strikes Posted: 03 Oct 2016 03:57 PM PDT By Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) - Even entombing the hospital under solid rock tunneled beneath a mountain was not enough to protect it from bombs dropped by Syria's government or its Russian allies, medical staff say. Opposition groups built the "central cave hospital" north of Hama to withstand bombardment, tunneling into a mountain in northwestern Syria for more than a year to bury it below 17 meters of rock. To some degree it worked: when Russian or Syrian government warplanes bombed it in two waves of air strikes on Sunday, nobody inside the cave was seriously hurt.

Suicide bombers strike in Syrian government-held Hama Posted: 03 Oct 2016 03:57 PM PDT Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the Syrian government-held city of Hama on Monday, killing a number of people, Syria's state news agency SANA reported. The Islamic State-affiliated news agency Amaq said three suicide bombers from the group had attacked the headquarters of the police and the ruling Baath Party in Hama.

U.N. gathering rejects southern African bids to trade ivory, rhino horn Posted: 03 Oct 2016 03:55 PM PDT By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Namibia and Zimbabwe failed on Monday to convince a U.N. body that they should be allowed to export elephant ivory, while Swaziland lost a bid to sell rhino horn - moves they all argued would protect the animals rather than endanger them. "African elephants are in steep decline across much of the continent due to poaching for their ivory, and opening up any legal trade in ivory would complicate efforts to conserve them," said Ginette Hemley, head of conservation group WWF's CITES delegation. "It could offer criminal syndicates new avenues to launder poached ivory." A global ban on ivory sales was imposed in 1989 to curb a wave of poaching but, in one-off rulings, CITES allowed Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe to sell stockpiles to Japan, and South Africa to sell to China and Japan in 2008.

FIFA head Infantino suggests 48-team World Cup Posted: 03 Oct 2016 03:53 PM PDT GENEVA (AP) — World Cup expansion plans got even bigger Monday, and the 2026 tournament could have 48 teams playing instead of 32.

US hits IS positions in Libya as air war enters third month Posted: 03 Oct 2016 03:47 PM PDT US military aircraft pounded Islamic State positions in the jihadists' former Libyan stronghold of Sirte over the weekend, as the US air campaign entered its third month, the Pentagon said Monday. The military action followed a request by the UN-supported Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), and President Barack Obama's administration has stressed that ongoing US involvement would be framed by the interim Libyan government's needs.

Brexit vote fuelled 'anti-foreigner' feeling in Britain: report Posted: 03 Oct 2016 03:47 PM PDT The Council of Europe voiced concern Tuesday at a rise in racist violence in Britain in recent years, adding that campaigning for the Brexit referendum led to a further rise in "anti-foreigner sentiment". The Strasbourg-based Council, a human rights and democracy watchdog body separate from the EU, said tabloid newspapers notably fuelled hate-speech, while also lamenting a sharp rise in anti-Muslim violence. In a report, the Council's European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) condemned "considerable intolerant political discourse in the UK, particularly focusing on immigration".

El Salvador officials say homicides down sharply last month Posted: 03 Oct 2016 03:41 PM PDT SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador officials say the number of homicides in the Central American country dropped by nearly half in September from the same month of 2015.

Hurricane Matthew claims first victims as it churns up Caribbean Posted: 03 Oct 2016 03:41 PM PDT Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Hurricane Matthew claimed its first victims, officials said Monday, leaving one person dead and another missing in Haiti as it churns through the Caribbean, the most menacing storm in nearly a decade. Flooding is also being reported in some areas of Jamaica as the Category 4 storm creeps closer from the south, news reports said. Cuba ordered the evacuation of more than 250,000 people from the east of the island.

Hurricane Matthew drenches Haiti and Jamaica with heavy rain Posted: 03 Oct 2016 03:35 PM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavy rains from the outer bands of Hurricane Matthew drenched Haiti and Jamaica on Monday, flooding streets and sending many people to emergency shelters as the sprawling Category 4 storm steamed toward the two Caribbean countries.

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